From 3rd to 12th October, London will host the second edition of the world’s biggest official franchise chess league. Featuring world number one Magnus Carlsen and a host of top-world Grandmasters, this will be one of the strongest chess tournaments ever held in the UK. London: In a unique sports event, many of the world’s […]
London: Arjun Erigaisi, the 21-year-old chess prodigy from Warangal, has been creating waves this year with a career-best ranking. He ascended to World No.4 in the FIDE world ratings in June this year after beating France’s Loic Travadon in the French Team Chess Championship 2024. With the Chess Olympiad starting in Budapest this month and […]
ABU DHABI: Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, inaugurated the 30th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival at the St. Regis Corniche Hotel. The event, held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, is organized by the Abu Dhabi Chess […]
London: The Global Chess League, a joint venture between FIDE and Tech Mahindra, is all set for the second season as 30 of the world’s best chess players were handpicked by six franchises during the Player Draft held on Sunday in New Delhi. Following the huge success of the inaugural edition in Dubai last year, […]
MAKHACHKALA: The chess world was stunned when a Russian chess champion, Amina Abakarova, was caught trying to poison her childhood rival. She allegedly covered her opponent’s chess pieces with mercury, a highly toxic substance, before a tournament in Makhachkala, southern Russia. Amina Abakarova, 43, is now facing possible imprisonment after security cameras captured her tampering […]
Dubai: A total of 200 contenders from 28 countries will compete for top honours at the 24th edition of the Dubai Open Chess Tournament. The prestigious event will be hosted by the Dubai Chess and Culture Club from May 25th to June 2nd, 2024. Details about the tournament emerged during a press briefing held today […]
Dubai: Triveni Continental Kings emerged champions of the inaugural Global Chess League,triumphing over the upGrad Mumba Masters following a thrilling marathon finale comprising two legs of the normal climax – a pair of tie-breakers and four Sudden Death play-offs between individual players. Not just the Kings who won from the brink of exiting the tournament, […]
Dubai: Global Chess League (GCL), a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and FIDE, has unveiled the six participating franchises for the inaugural edition, which will run from June 21 to July 2. The league, set to revolutionize the sport, will commence with a players’ draft where franchise owners will select players for their respective teams. The GCL […]
Dubai: Global Chess League (GCL), a joint venture between FIDE and Tech Mahindra, announced Dubai as the venue for the inaugural edition in the presence of key dignitaries such as Dr. Aman Puri, Consul General of India, Dubai, Viswanathan Anand, five-time world chess champion, and Deputy President, FIDE, CP Gurnani, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Tech […]
This day in history we feature Anna Cramling. A Spanish-Swedish chess player, Twitch live streamer, and YouTuber was born on this day 2002. Trivia – Anna Cramling Anna Cramling holds the FIDE title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). She had a peak FIDE rating of 2175 in March 2018. Cramling represented Sweden in the 2016 […]
